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Roger Taylor

5 Series • 15 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Chronicles of Hawklan Books
Start with: The Call of the Sword (1988)
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Publication Order of Chronicles of Hawklan Sequel Books
Start with: Dream Finder (1991)
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Publication Order of Nightfall Books
Start with: Farnor (1992)

ⓘ About Roger Taylor

Author Roger Taylor was born in Heywood, Lancashire in the year 1938, and lives in Wirral. Taylor writes both fantasy novels and non fiction. He shoots rifles, pistols, and shotguns, and is enthusiastic about playing the piano (although he is a bit inaccurate at it). He is also chartered to be a civil and structural engineer, and is both a student and instructor of aikido. Between the years 1983 and 1986, he wrote a total of four books and was able to get a pretty big file of rejections. The third was finally bought and became the opening two books in his “Chronicles of Hawklan” series. These two books were published in 1988 (“The Call of the Sword”) and 1989 (“The Fall of Fyorlund”) respectively, and serve as his breakthrough in fiction.

All Book Series by Roger Taylor

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The Call of the Sword

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1988

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1988
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The Fall of Fyorlund

Book 2 of 5 · published 1989

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1989
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The Waking of Orthlund

Book 3 of 5 · published 1989

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1989
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Into Narsindal

Book 4 of 5 · published 1990

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1990
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The Return of the Sword

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 1999

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1999
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Dream Finder

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1991

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1991
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Whistler

Book 2 of 5 · published 1994

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1994
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Ibryen

Book 3 of 5 · published 1996

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1996
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Arash-Felloren

Book 4 of 5 · published 1996

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1996
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Caddoran

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 1998

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1998
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Farnor

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1992

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1992
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Valderen

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 1993

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1993
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The Keep

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2011

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2011
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Newman

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2022

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2022
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Aikido - More than a Martial Art

Single-title series · published 2011

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2011

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Roger Taylor?

Author Roger Taylor was born in Heywood, Lancashire in the year 1938, and lives in Wirral. Taylor writes both fantasy novels and non fiction. He shoots rifles, pistols, and shotguns, and is enthusiastic about playing the piano (although he is a bit inaccurate at it).

Which Roger Taylor series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Chronicles of Hawklan series, the earliest of Roger Taylor's multi-book series: it opens with The Call of the Sword (1988) and runs to 5 books across 1988–1999, ending with The Return of the Sword (1999). Roger Taylor's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Roger Taylor written?

Roger Taylor has 15 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1988 and 2022. Every one of them sits in one of 5 named series — the largest being the Chronicles of Hawklan series with 5 books.

In what order should Roger Taylor's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Roger Taylor's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Chronicles of Hawklan (1988–1999, 5 books), Chronicles of Hawklan Sequel (1991–1998, 5 books) and Nightfall (1992–1993, 2 books), plus 2 more.

How are Roger Taylor's books organised into series?

This guide splits Roger Taylor's 15 books into 5 named series, with no standalone titles: Chronicles of Hawklan (5 books, 1988–1999); Chronicles of Hawklan Sequel (5 books, 1991–1998); Nightfall (2 books, 1992–1993); RogerTaylor Standalone Novels (2 books, 2011–2022); RogerTaylor Non-Fiction (1 book, 2011).